Famous birth charts · Brian Cox
Brian Cox’s chart in full
Born June 1, 1946, Dundee, United Kingdom. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
10°20′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 7:29 a.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
2°49′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
11°33′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
10°00′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
19°34′
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Jupiter in Libraretrograde
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
17°43′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
22°20′
Uranus in Gemini
17°07′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
5°54′
Pluto in Leo
9°47′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
20°47′
Chiron in Libra
In Libra, Chiron is a soft spot around being chosen and kept, and a gift for making others feel met as equals.
15°02′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
3°01′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
The Sun sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grows more focused, and he knows how to start over.
Jupiter trine Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.2°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
Mars sextile North Node close at 1.2°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
Mercury sextile Pluto close at 1.8°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Mars sextile Jupiter close at 1.9°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
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Mars sextile Uranus close at 2.5°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Jupiter trine North Node wide at 3.1°
Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.
Uranus conjunction North Node wide at 3.7°
An unusual path: his direction in life comes through sudden turns and fresh starts.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus square Neptune wide at 4.1°
He loves the dream of a person, and the real one has to compete with it.
The Sun trine Neptune wide at 4.4°
Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 4.6°
Growth and caution keep checking each other: he moves forward in bursts, then pauses to consolidate.
Mercury conjunction Uranus wide at 5.6°
He thinks in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 5.6°
He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.
The Sun conjunction Uranus wide at 6.8°
Born original: his identity and his need for freedom are the same thing, and he surprises people, himself included.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 7.4°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side is the one he has to find.
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